Deputies said they have located both of the missing teenage girls who walked away from Uta Halee Academy in rural northern Douglas County without permission Saturday.

Officials said they were found around 1 p.m. at an apartment in Lincoln.

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The apartment is the residence of one of the missing girl’s relatives, neither girl was being held against their will and both were in good condition.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that both girls were staying at the apartment and contacted the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office for assistance.

Both girls are being held at the Lancaster County Youth Detention Center.

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Officials with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office are asking for help in locating two juvenile girls who walked away from Uta Halee Academy in rural northern Douglas County without permission on Saturday.

The four girls were reported missing around 6:45 p.m.

Two of the girls have returned, but the whereabouts of the other two are still unknown.

The juveniles who remain missing are identified as Electra Stokes and Farrah R. Rauch.

Stokes, 17, is white, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and 120 pounds; she has hazel eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and black pants.

Rauch, 14, is white, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and 130 pounds; she has blue eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray jacket with the letters “ROTC,” black pants and white Under Armour sneakers.

If anyone has information regarding the whereabouts of either girl, they are asked to call 911 or the Douglas County Sheriff’s Tip Line at 402-444-6000.